UKRAINIAN TOXICOLOGY SOCIETY
(general information)

There is a long tradition of further research in experimental toxicology in Ukraine. This has been exemplified by the fact that there are active societies of toxicology in many regions of Ukraine, organising scientific meetings and conferences and publishing a lot of publications. Ukrainian toxicologists, which work in field of preventive toxicology and chemical toxicology, regular took part in most important scientific meetings organised during recent years:
EUROTOX`95. Prague, Czech Republic.
EUROTOX`96. Alicante, Spaine.
EUROTOX`97. Aarhus, Denmark.
IUTOX Training Course on Basic Toxicology, Budapest, Hungary, 1997.
IInternational Congress of Toxicology "Chemical Safety for the 21-th Century" ICT YIII, Paris, July 5-9 1998.
"Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture on the Boundary of Two Millennia" International Conference under Aegis of WHO, ILO and IAAMRH, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 8-11, 1998.

On the 19-th May, 1999 in the premises and by the head of Professor Mykola Prodanchuk the Ukrainian Toxicology Society was founded. Creation of Ukrainian Toxicology Society was the note of remember of famous Ukrainian Toxicologist, professor Yriy Kagan whose work and personality have contributed so much to the national science. Today Ukrainian Toxicology Society have registration in Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (Certificate #1267, dated 25th December, 1999).

The aim of the Society is to unite specialists of various fields of toxicological research, to promote the education and training, to organise national and international conferences, to create scientific contact between Ukrainian Toxicologists and their colleagues abroad.

Professor Mykola Produnchuk was elected as the Head of Ukrainian Toxicology Society. Board of Society composed of 12 members:

Head	Professor M. Produnchuk	Medved`s Institute of Ecohigiene and Toxicology (Kyiv)
Vice-Head	Dr. P. Zhminko	Medved`s Institute of Ecohigiene and Toxicology (Kyiv)
Scientific Secretary	Dr. N. Nedopytanska	Medved`s Institute of Ecohigiene and Toxicology (Kyiv)
Members:	Professor Y. Kundiev	Institute for occupational Нealth (Kyiv)
	Professor I. Trakhtenberg	Institute for occupational Нealth (Kyiv)
	Dr. V. Kirsenko	Institute for occupational Нealth (Kyiv)
	Dr. I. Chernichenko	Ukrainian Scientific Hygienic Centr (Kyiv)
	Professor L. Shufran	Ukrainian Institute of trafic hygiene (Odesa)
	Professor N. Vasylenko	Institute for occupational Нealth (Kharkiv)
	Dr. L. Vlasyk	Institute of medical & ecological problem (Chernivtsi)
	Professor Y. Talakin	Donetsk State Medical University (Donetsk)
	Professor B. Shtabsky	Lviv State Medical University (Lviv)

The first effort of our new-born Society we realised last year: we organised a Joint Meeting of tree Societies: Problematical Commission of Toxicology, Problematical Commission of Ecohigiene and Toxicology and Ukrainian Toxicology Society, which held in December, 1999. Now we are planning to lead a First Ukrainian Toxicological Congress and all-Ukrainian Conference of young scientists "Actual problems of preventive medicine". The Conference of young scientists was held in 16—17th October, 2000. Ukrainian Toxicological Congress was held in Ecohigiene and Toxicology Institute (Kyiv) 11—13th October, 2001 and was opened to all people interested in toxicological research. We would also like people from countries of Eastern Europe and countries in transition.

Ukrainian Toxicology Society has own Scientific Journal "Modern problem of Toxicology". Ukrainian Toxicology Society has 24 regional Toxicology Societies in different regions of Ukraine. There are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivcy, Rivno, Kyrovograd, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Zhitomir, Chernigiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Lugansk, Lutsk, Cherkasy Toxicology Societies. The membership of the Society is 233. And we believe that the Society will grow in the future. Several regional toxicology societies have now expressed an interest in becoming members of Ukrainian Toxicology Society.

Adress: 6, Heroiv Oborony Street, Кyiv, 03680, ECOHYNTOX
Теl.: (044) 526 75 47, 526 72 00
Fax: (044) 526 96 45, 526 96 43
E-mail: utox@medved.kiev.ua